Without having to buy a Tesla coil or a Jacobs ladder what can be used to create an electrical spark effect that would not eat up too much current. I want something better and more realistic than a plasma ball.
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Sounds a little wierd but I was thinking of decking the arcade like an area 51 Roswell. I want to have a UFO crashed through the wall with wires exposed and sparking across one another. I would like to see at least a 3 inch spark? Failing this a strobe light on really slow and a sparking sound effect may have to do.
In a dark room, with the stobe hidden behind some wreckage, throw in a flickering black light, a couple puffs from a smoke machine, ad in a speaker with a electrical arching sound effect you'd have a pretty sweet wreck....Failing this a strobe light on really slow and a sparking sound effect may have to do.
Without having to buy a Tesla coil or a Jacobs ladder what can be used to create an electrical spark effect that would not eat up too much current. I want something better and more realistic than a plasma ball.
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Find a large used neon transformer. A wooden block to screw it all to. Take a couple pieces of 10ga or larger solid bare copper about 12" long. screw them about a inch apart spread them out about 4" at the top. Screw one wire to one lead of the transformer and the other to the other lead. Plug it in and watch. The spark will start at the bottom and travel up until it can't make the jump. Be careful it will catch anything in the gap on fire and will shock the shit out of you. I use a 22000 volt transformer cool to watch. But please don't leave it unattended.
Find a large used neon transformer. A wooden block to screw it all to. Take a couple pieces of 10ga or larger solid bare copper about 12" long. screw them about a inch apart spread them out about 4" at the top. Screw one wire to one lead of the transformer and the other to the other lead. Plug it in and watch. The spark will start at the bottom and travel up until it can't make the jump. Be careful it will catch anything in the gap on fire and will shock the shit out of you. I use a 22000 volt transformer cool to watch. But please don't leave it unattended.
They call it a Jacob's Ladder, and I think he already passed on the idea.![]()